Road Officials Tour Virginia For Highway Convention
State and Virginia officials plan a grand tour of Virginia as part of the annual American Association of Highway Officials convention. They will visit scenic wayside parks along primary highways, with meetings held in Richmond. A photo set by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce and the State Department of Highways will promote Virginia at the gathering.
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American Association of Highway Officials
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Highways
John Douglas
U.S. 19
Washington County
Little Hope of Finding Palatial Yacht Crewman
New York Oct 9 Searchers gave up hope of finding alive a crew member missing after the $200 000 ultra modern Fokker burned and sank in the Hudson near Yonkers Nine crew members and Mr and Mrs Richard G Vance of Westfield New Jersey loaned the boat for a honey moon trip to Niagara Falls leaped into the river as flames swept the vessel The missing seaman John Wanamaker 42 father of two disappeared after crying for help The other crew members were rescued in river craft Paula Borchard the bride of six hours paddled to shore in a rubber boat tossed from the burning yacht by a seaman
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New York
Hudson River
Yonkers
Richard G. Vance
Westfield
N. J
Fokker
Niagara Falls
John Wanamaker
Vance
Paula Borchard
Apple Meeting Set For Oct 12 in Richmond
A Richmond meeting on October 12 aims to promote Virginia apples. The Chamber of Commerce may arrange an exhibit at the John Marshall Hotel tying into a State Chamber program and any ensuing campaign.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
John Marshall Hotel
State Chamber of Commerce
Star
Pasteur’s discoveries valued to cover war indemnity
Huxley said the financial value of Pasteur’s discoveries was enough to cover the entire price France paid Germany in 1870. Pasteur chose to stay poor and lead a simple life.
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Pasteur
S. P. D.A. T. H. Huxley
France
Germany
Husband Well Trained In House of Matrimony
Open letter advises brides to housebreak husbands from day one with budgets, trousseau care, and friendly guidance. It promotes joint activities, polite dialogue, and shared duties to foster a harmonious marriage, ending with a note from Caroline Chatfield’s column.
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Caroline Chatfield
Wood County Commissioner Shot. Man Dead by Self
Pi-w. O. Holliday 69 year old Wood County commissioner was shot four times in the chest at the courthouse after being helped to the door. A discharged janitor wounded him and then killed himself. The incident occurred in Parkersburg West Virginia on October 9.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Pi—w. O. Holliday
Wood County
Holliday
Police Court Cases Heard Today
Philip Washington charged with drunkenness fined $10.25. N. C. Shade of 218 South Kent charged with disorderly conduct fined $10.25. Hershell Jones and S038 Trueman Sirbaugh listed as drunk.
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Philip Washington
N. C. Shade
South Kent
Hershell Jones
Trueman Sirbaugh
Bank Closing Notices COLUMBUS DAY
Banks announce Columbus Day holiday on Thursday October 12 1939 and advise all paper maturities dated that day to be paid on the next banking day Friday September 13 1939. Signatures include J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co John IL Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank George B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank.
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J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John IL. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
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Capitol
Pana A
A Ray Milland
Robert Preston
Brian Donlevy
Susan Hayward
J. Carrol Naish
Donald O’connor
Beau Geste
Manbeck
Point Pleasant
Joplin
Frank Fenix
Nicodemus
Bridegport
Conn
Henry W. Schreiber
Connecticut
Schreiber
Lions Club
State Chamber
Lupton
H.P
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Farmers & Merchants
Member
Federal Deposit
Apple
Homburg
Lee
Gray & Eddy
U.S. Pat
Hansbrough
Carter
Insurance and Investments
Arthur
Pei A
Hitler
Trousseau
Mama
Miss Chatfield
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
Loudoun Street
N. Weiten
Aesa
Care Star
Virginia Apple Storage
American Cooperage Co
Baltimore
Ford
S. Cameron St
South Braddock Street
Pine Motor Co
Hable’s Real Estate
South Braddock
W. Pall Mall
J. R Spooner
South Cameron
South
Loudoun
Loudoun St
Leicester Street
W. FP. Brags
Brucetown
Thomas Doran Co
White Plains
N.Y
All Star Revue
Edmund Lowe
Wrisley
Wrisley’s Cologne
Rhodes Drug CO
Thur
Major Bowes
éGa Spares
Fox Movietone
Stetson
ARROW
Griffon
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
George W. Kurtz
Daily Cross
Shouts
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Adams Sans Gna
Marae
Pont Riaishel Ioee
Gory
Iit
E. Water St
General Insurance Insurance
Bell Phone
Rouss Ave
Winchester
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